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Monday, January 23, 2017

Pepe Escobar — Trump Will Try to Smash the Russia-China-Iran Triangle. Here Is Why He Will Fail

The strategy of Henry Kissinger, Trump’s unofficial foreign policy guru, is a mix of “balance of power” and “divide and rule”. It will consist of seducing Russia away from its strategic partner China; keeping China constantly on a sort of red alert; and targeting Islamic State while continuing to harass Iran.All this has the potential to backfire splendidly.